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Those are some grim coffee options. If your store carries jumping bean (mine does) they're from Newfoundland. There's some good rosters you can buy online like Detour. Of course if you're in a city like Vancouver Montreal or Toronto you have endless local rosters but even smaller towns will usually have one or two good ones.
I actually get mine only from a local coffee shop. I'd rather drink less and buy better local quality anyway. I have a subscription and they deliver once a month. It's nice!
I just came back from groceries, and I went in with every intention to not by anything from the USA. Much to my surprise, I'd say 90% of what I usually buy are products grown and made in Canada! The rest were from Spain, India, etc.
A few were made in Canada using domestic and imported ingredients, so I'll be looking for all Canadian alternatives.
Orange juice was the only American product, and was a "one last time" purchase.
FYI, oats, most legumes and beans, and tomato products are nearly all Canadian.
Unico is a great Canadian brand for tinned beans, tomatoes, etc. I always buy it.
I wouldn't president's choice or any other loblaws either. unless rob loblaws month never ended the by all means go for it.
Rob Loblaws month never ends. I wish I could find frozen avocado somewhere else, do you know any other store that carries it? That's the one thing I'm stuck on. I mostly shop at the local Polish grocery store.
Earth's Own is Canadian and makes pretty good oat milk.
I've already switched to them for a while since it's more affordable than other coffee creamers.
Old Dutch is the best. I grew up on the rippled sour cream and onion. I never got the lays appeal..
old dutch was always what we had when i was a kid. mom wouldn't settle for anything less. it had to be old dutch chips in the box.
it is a minnesota company but their canadian operations is huge, with manufacturing facilities across the country.
I know it's not a real option for many, but for those who can afford to I'd also recommend shopping local for groceries as much as possible. We need to stand together in the face of these tariffs, but I don't love the idea of Loblaws and co. standing to gain so much from the struggles of the public yet again.
Check out local grocery stores and smaller chains like Co-Op if they operate in your area for Canadian made goods. Look and see if there's a local farmers market you can buy staples like eggs and produce from. It's the little guys that are likely to face an existential threat from all this international non-diplomacy.
I already shop almost exclusively at the local Polish grocery store. I have no idea what some of the products I'm buying are haha.
Can we please not call Tim Hortons Canadian?
Exactly. Restaurant Brands which owns Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes is a US company. Tim Hortons is garbage anyway.
As an ashamed American, I really dig the solidarity and support you guys are showing with your alternative products and boycott lists!
I quite enjoy seeing "President's Choice" on this list.
Is it prescient, poignant or just apt?
Wait, what do you mean YOPLAIT?!? That brand still exists? I remember seeing it in Spain during the early 90s and then disappearing there. I thought it was a Spanish brand since I haven't seen it outside that country. TIL.
yoplait canada is not owned by general mills anymore. they closed on the deal to sell it back to the french company they bought it from just last week. src
Yoplait was the gourmet stuff we couldn't afford back in the 80's
Fantastic list! Where'd you find it?
For anyone scrolling, add Rustica to the frozen pizza list. Siwin for excellent dumplings. Cheemo for perogies. I've just found them in the past few months and they're all really well made.